End-gate cleat.



J. A. CHENEY.

END GATE GLBAT.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.21,1910.

Patented July 8, 1913.

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W7 T NE SSE S Attorney JOHN A. CHENEY, OF SHENANDOAH, IOWA.

END-GATE CLEAT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

PatcntedJuly S, 1 913.

Application filed November 21, 1910. Serial No. 593,518.

1 0 all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN A. CHENEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Shenandoah, in the county of Page and State of Iowa, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in End-(late Cleats, ofwhich the following is a speoiti cation, reference being had therein tothe accoi'npanying drawing.

This invention relates to end gates, and has for its object theproduction of an end gate cleat which allows the quick attaching ordetaching of an end gate to a wagon.

Another object of this invention is the production of a cleat which isprovided with locking means for facilitating the holding of the gate inengagement with the wagon.

This invention also has other objects and advantages which will bepointed out in the following specification and claim. Of course, itshould be understood that the same is subject to changes in detail andstructural arrangement as falls within the scope of the appended claim.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a top plan view of the end of a wagonshowing the end gate secured thereto. Fig. 2 is a rear view of the wagonshowing the end gate carried thereby. Fig. 3 is a transverse scctionalview of the wagon taken on line 23-43 looking in the direction of thearrow. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the swinging cleat-member.Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the socket portion adapted to receiveone end of the end gate.

Referring to the drawings by munerals 1 designates the body of a wagonwhich carries upon one side thereof a socket plate 2 which socket plateis provided with a pair of ribbed portions 3 formed integral with thebody thereof. The ribbed portions 3 are adapted to straddle one end ofthe end gate 4 and hold the same in place upon the wagon body. Thesocket plate 2 is provided with a plurality of alined apertures 41,through which are adapted to pass bolts 5 for securing the plate to thesides of the wagon body. The plate 2 is also provided upon its lower endwith a depending bolt portion which is formed integral therewith, and anut 7 is threaded upon the lower bolt portion 6, thereby holding thesocket plate 2 in firm engagement with the body of the wagon. Since thebolt .member passes through the bottom of the wagon body, it will beobvious that the same will do away with the usual strap used for holdingthe sides in engagement with the bottom of the wagon body.

The swinging cleat member is carried by the opposite side of the wagonbody as illustrated in Fig. 1 and comprises a stationary portion 8 whichportion is provided with a plurality of alined HPOIUII'OS 9. throughwhich pass bolts 10 for securing the stationary member firmly inengagement with the side of the wagon body. The stationary member 8 isalso provided with a depending bolt portion 11 which is formed integralwith the stationary member 8 and a nut 12 is threaded upon said boltportion 11 for facilitating the holding of said stationary member 8 inengagement with the wagon body. A swinging member 13 is hinged to themember 8 as at 1 1 and said member '13 is provided upon its outer endwith a longitudinally extending angle flange portion The stationarymember 8 is also provided with an angularly extending flange portion 16and when the hinge member 13 of the swinging cleat-membcr is thrown intoengagement with the stationary member 8, as shown in Fig. 1, one end ofthe end gate 1 will be tightly clamped between the tlangemembers 15 and16, while the other end will be positioned between the flange portions 3of the socket plate 2. The stationary member 8 is providedintern'iediate its ends with an aperture 17 which aperture tapers towardits lower end.

The hinge member 13 is provided with a locking lever 18 which extendsthrough the plate 13 and carries at its outer end a tapering "foot 19.When the hinge member 18 is thrown back upon the plate 8, the lockinglever 18 is thrown so as to extend upwardly thereby allowing the foot 19to be readily inserted in the aperture 17. By throwing the lever 18downwardly after the foot has been placed in the aperture 17, the twoplates will be firmly locked together, since the point of the foot 19will extend in an opposite direction to the small end of the aperture.

From the foregoing description, it will be readily seen that thisinvention discloses means for readily attaching the end gate to the bodyof a wagon. It also provides etlicient means which consists of acomparatively small number of parts "for allowing the end gate of awagon to be readily attached and detached.

If it is so desired the cleat may be made so as to do away with thedepending boltportion and the usual means may be used for securing thewagon body to the bottom thereof.

What I claim is A sheet metal end gate attachment adapted to be securedto the rear end of a wagon to hold the end gate in place, saidattachment comprising a stationary member, means provided by said memberfor securing the same in place, a bolt depending from said memberintermediate the longitudinal edges thereof, for securing saidstationary member to the bottom of a wagon, a swinging member of lesswidth than the stationary member hinged to said stationary member andprovided with a vertical flange which projects at right angles to theswing- I ing member and which is adapted to en gage one surface of theend gate, and a looking lever carried by said swinging memher forengaging said stationary member to hold said swinging member in alocking position, a shaft extending through said locking member, asubstantially V-shaped head at one end of said shaft adapted to passthrough the V-shaped opening of said attaching member, an operatinghandle at the opposite end of said shaft extending in oppositedirections to the head whereby the head may be rotated after beingpassed through the opening and normally held in a locked position! Intestimony whereof I hereunto affix my I signature in presence of twowitnesses.

JOHN A. CHENEY. Witnesses:

I. M. SGHMUDER, FRED NoRosTRoM.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, I). G.

